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Table 78

NEW JERSEY

Full-time Law Enforcement Employees

by City, 2015

City Population Total law
enforcement
employees		 Total
officers		 Total
civilians
Aberdeen Township 18,312 42 35 7
Absecon 8,367 29 25 4
Allendale 6,845 19 14 5
Allenhurst 487 13 9 4
Allentown 1,802 6 5 1
Alpha 2,298 38 37 1
Alpine 1,898 12 12 0
Andover Township 6,107 17 12 5
Asbury Park 15,695 93 90 3
Atlantic City 39,372 416 307 109
Atlantic Highlands 4,324 19 14 5
Audubon 8,670 16 15 1
Avalon 1,288 29 21 8
Avon-by-the-Sea 1,768 11 11 0
Barnegat Township 22,628 58 50 8
Barrington 6,778 16 15 1
Bay Head 1,009 14 13 1
Bayonne 66,582 292 180 112
Beach Haven 1,182 14 12 2
Beachwood 11,300 20 18 2
Bedminster Township 8,222 21 17 4
Belleville 36,452 117 108 9
Bellmawr 11,404 23 21 2
Belmar 5,700 26 21 5
Belvidere 2,600 7 6 1
Bergenfield 27,493 48 45 3
Berkeley Heights Township 13,602 30 24 6
Berkeley Township 42,109 126 67 59
Berlin 7,523 18 17 1
Berlin Township 5,353 18 17 1
Bernards Township 26,896 42 38 4
Bernardsville 7,763 24 18 6
Beverly 2,549 7 6 1
Blairstown Township 5,802 8 6 2
Bloomfield 47,991 140 117 23
Bloomingdale 8,299 17 16 1
Bogota 8,352 21 15 6
Boonton 8,427 25 21 4
Boonton Township 4,372 12 12 0
Bordentown 3,895 12 10 2
Bordentown Township 11,662 25 24 1
Bound Brook 11,300 29 24 5
Bradley Beach 4,261 20 17 3
Branchburg Township 14,571 28 26 2
Brick Township 76,097 192 133 59
Bridgeton 25,363 78 64 14
Bridgewater Township 44,996 77 72 5
Brielle 4,756 15 14 1
Brigantine 9,308 45 34 11
Brooklawn 1,920 7 7 0
Buena 4,609 11 9 2
Burlington 9,771 33 30 3
Burlington Township 22,692 52 43 9
Butler 7,719 17 16 1
Byram Township 8,035 14 14 0
Caldwell 7,904 22 22 0
Cape May 3,518 27 22 5
Carlstadt 6,267 29 26 3
Carney's Point Township 7,903 20 19 1
Carteret 24,335 67 59 8
Cedar Grove Township 12,549 29 28 1
Chatham 9,039 23 19 4
Chatham Township 10,654 22 20 2
Cherry Hill Township 71,447 158 130 28
Chesilhurst 1,620 8 7 1
Chester 1,680 9 8 1
Chesterfield Township 7,686 12 11 1
Chester Township 7,964 17 16 1
Cinnaminson Township 17,167 26 26 0
Clark Township 15,606 50 40 10
Clayton 8,324 16 15 1
Clementon 4,918 13 12 1
Cliffside Park 25,953 54 53 1
Clifton 86,224 180 149 31
Clinton 2,676 9 9 0
Clinton Township 13,080 24 23 1
Closter 8,629 18 18 0
Collingswood 13,948 27 24 3
Colts Neck Township 10,045 21 20 1
Cranbury Township 3,942 18 17 1
Cranford Township 24,186 66 50 16
Cresskill 8,796 26 22 4
Deal 734 22 18 4
Delanco Township 4,554 12 11 1
Delaware Township 4,523 8 7 1
Delran Township 16,745 33 29 4
Demarest 4,987 12 12 0
Denville Township 16,864 42 32 10
Deptford Township 30,382 70 64 6
Dover 18,353 31 29 2
Dumont 17,922 39 31 8
Dunellen 7,452 16 16 0
Eastampton Township 6,053 15 14 1
East Brunswick Township 48,625 106 83 23
East Greenwich Township 10,436 18 16 2
East Hanover Township 11,317 38 34 4
East Newark 2,949 6 6 0
East Orange 65,213 272 219 53
East Rutherford 10,017 38 37 1
East Windsor Township 27,569 56 43 13
Eatontown 12,199 44 37 7
Edgewater 12,535 33 29 4
Edgewater Park Township 8,789 13 12 1
Edison Township 102,281 218 170 48
Egg Harbor City 4,269 14 13 1
Egg Harbor Township 43,965 110 83 27
Elizabeth 129,364 395 296 99
Elk Township 4,229 13 12 1
Elmer 1,346 2 2 0
Elmwood Park 20,580 45 40 5
Emerson 7,656 21 18 3
Englewood 27,752 110 85 25
Englewood Cliffs 5,400 27 26 1
Englishtown 1,992 7 7 0
Essex Fells 2,087 13 13 0
Evesham Township 45,586 79 72 7
Ewing Township 36,668 95 75 20
Fairfield Township, Essex County 7,559 39 35 4
Fair Haven 6,029 13 13 0
Fair Lawn 33,759 65 56 9
Fairview 14,406 34 32 2
Fanwood 7,727 18 17 1
Far Hills 927 6 6 0
Fieldsboro 528 2 2 0
Flemington 4,711 16 16 0
Florence Township 12,413 27 25 2
Florham Park 11,852 39 32 7
Fort Lee 37,384 113 93 20
Franklin 4,868 14 13 1
Franklin Lakes 10,878 26 21 5
Franklin Township, Gloucester County 16,642 28 25 3
Franklin Township, Hunterdon County 3,247 5 5 0
Franklin Township, Somerset County 66,831 124 104 20
Freehold 11,950 30 27 3
Freehold Township 35,723 71 67 4
Frenchtown 1,399 3 3 0
Galloway Township 37,637 76 58 18
Garfield 31,674 70 61 9
Garwood 4,540 20 16 4
Gibbsboro 2,229 8 8 0
Glassboro 19,087 50 45 5
Glen Ridge 7,705 30 23 7
Glen Rock 11,953 22 21 1
Gloucester City 11,265 30 28 2
Gloucester Township 63,783 150 127 23
Green Brook Township 7,261 24 23 1
Greenwich Township, Gloucester County 4,820 20 18 2
Greenwich Township, Warren County 5,539 9 9 0
Guttenberg 11,534 27 22 5
Hackensack 44,781 137 116 21
Hackettstown 9,506 19 18 1
Haddonfield 11,349 23 21 2
Haddon Heights 7,340 14 13 1
Haddon Township 14,451 28 26 2
Haledon 8,492 17 17 0
Hamburg 3,154 10 8 2
Hamilton Township, Atlantic County 26,671 66 49 17
Hamilton Township, Mercer County 89,124 202 166 36
Hammonton 14,757 35 29 6
Hanover Township 14,905 37 30 7
Harding Township 3,875 12 11 1
Hardyston Township 7,975 26 20 6
Harrington Park 4,801 13 13 0
Harrison 15,823 48 37 11
Harrison Township 12,893 18 17 1
Harvey Cedars 345 9 9 0
Hasbrouck Heights 12,200 32 30 2
Haworth 3,457 12 11 1
Hawthorne 19,078 37 32 5
Hazlet Township 20,122 51 38 13
Helmetta 2,224 7 7 0
High Bridge 3,573 7 7 0
Highland Park 14,525 33 26 7
Highlands 4,904 17 14 3
Hightstown 5,574 14 11 3
Hillsborough Township 39,830 64 53 11
Hillsdale 10,526 21 18 3
Hillside Township 22,001 75 63 12
Hi-Nella 854 13 13 0
Hoboken 54,050 150 132 18
Ho-Ho-Kus 4,188 18 14 4
Holland Township 5,183 7 6 1
Holmdel Township 16,674 48 40 8
Hopatcong 14,573 31 24 7
Hopewell Township 18,389 39 31 8
Howell Township 52,097 104 88 16
Independence Township 5,512 9 8 1
Irvington 54,561 177 152 25
Island Heights 1,698 9 9 0
Jackson Township 56,815 97 79 18
Jamesburg 6,037 17 13 4
Jefferson Township 21,525 40 33 7
Jersey City 265,159 936 814 122
Keansburg 9,815 45 34 11
Kearny 42,037 116 110 6
Kenilworth 8,195 30 25 5
Keyport 7,141 22 16 6
Kinnelon 10,413 17 16 1
Lacey Township 28,340 58 43 15
Lake Como 1,703 9 9 0
Lakehurst 2,727 15 13 2
Lakewood Township 95,743 159 128 31
Lambertville 3,842 12 9 3
Laurel Springs 1,870 7 7 0
Lavallette 1,821 16 12 4
Lawnside 2,895 9 8 1
Lawrence Township, Mercer County 32,983 65 59 6
Lebanon Township 6,421 10 9 1
Leonia 9,170 20 17 3
Lincoln Park 10,471 28 23 5
Linden 41,852 157 126 31
Lindenwold 17,342 46 43 3
Linwood 7,042 17 16 1
Little Egg Harbor Township 20,465 52 42 10
Little Falls Township 14,510 27 23 4
Little Ferry 10,903 27 23 4
Little Silver 5,910 26 16 10
Livingston Township 30,021 81 67 14
Lodi 24,734 47 44 3
Logan Township 5,944 19 18 1
Long Beach Township 3,062 47 36 11
Long Branch 30,470 109 87 22
Long Hill Township 8,812 25 23 2
Longport 876 12 12 0
Lopatcong Township 8,091 15 14 1
Lower Alloways Creek Township 1,723 13 11 2
Lower Township 22,108 57 44 13
Lumberton Township 12,421 19 17 2
Lyndhurst Township 22,434 53 49 4
Madison 16,197 35 28 7
Magnolia 4,269 11 11 0
Mahwah Township 26,601 60 52 8
Manalapan Township 40,238 59 55 4
Manasquan 5,731 23 18 5
Manchester Township 43,661 85 67 18
Mansfield Township, Burlington County 8,567 12 11 1
Mansfield Township, Warren County 7,489 16 15 1
Mantoloking 250 9 8 1
Mantua Township 15,107 29 27 2
Manville 10,394 27 24 3
Maple Shade Township 18,944 37 33 4
Maplewood Township 24,815 70 59 11
Margate City 6,327 36 28 8
Marlboro Township 41,201 90 69 21
Matawan 8,696 32 21 11
Maywood 9,776 26 22 4
Medford Lakes 4,102 10 9 1
Medford Township 23,439 35 31 4
Mendham 5,003 12 11 1
Mendham Township 5,889 15 14 1
Merchantville 3,759 15 13 2
Metuchen 13,865 31 26 5
Middlesex 13,926 29 28 1
Middle Township 18,873 62 48 14
Middletown Township 65,893 127 103 24
Midland Park 7,335 15 14 1
Millburn Township 20,441 62 54 8
Milltown 7,054 18 15 3
Millville 28,493 77 68 9
Monmouth Beach 3,251 10 9 1
Monroe Township 37,624 72 66 6
Monroe Township, Middlesex County 43,654 72 54 18
Montclair 38,192 127 108 19
Montgomery Township 22,856 35 29 6
Montvale 8,207 24 22 2
Montville Township 21,917 44 38 6
Moonachie 2,797 21 18 3
Moorestown Township 20,564 38 33 5
Morris Plains 5,784 18 16 2
Morristown 19,276 58 54 4
Morris Township 22,605 50 43 7
Mountain Lakes 4,284 13 13 0
Mountainside 6,860 27 22 5
Mount Arlington 5,252 15 14 1
Mount Ephraim 4,611 13 12 1
Mount Holly Township 9,480 31 19 12
Mount Laurel Township 41,705 67 61 6
Mount Olive Township 29,124 60 51 9
Mullica Township 6,157 15 14 1
Neptune City 4,817 19 17 2
Neptune Township 27,659 83 72 11
Netcong 3,259 9 9 0
Newark 280,888 1,203 1,033 170
New Brunswick 57,580 170 139 31
Newfield 1,523 5 5 0
New Hanover Township 7,227 3 3 0
New Milford 16,729 38 35 3
New Providence 12,458 26 24 2
Newton 7,818 34 21 13
North Arlington 15,773 33 26 7
North Bergen Township 62,928 127 117 10
North Brunswick Township 42,696 95 78 17
North Caldwell 6,938 20 15 5
Northfield 8,600 22 21 1
North Haledon 8,521 21 17 4
North Hanover Township 7,640 10 9 1
North Plainfield 22,044 51 45 6
Northvale 4,795 14 14 0
North Wildwood 3,908 39 29 10
Norwood 5,843 17 16 1
Nutley Township 28,733 83 70 13
Oakland 13,093 29 24 5
Oaklyn 3,964 14 13 1
Ocean City 11,296 70 57 13
Ocean Gate 2,035 8 7 1
Oceanport 5,837 15 14 1
Ocean Township, Monmouth County 27,176 74 61 13
Ocean Township, Ocean County 8,730 28 21 7
Ogdensburg 2,291 6 6 0
Old Bridge Township 67,298 110 86 24
Old Tappan 5,980 14 13 1
Oradell 8,190 21 20 1
Orange 31,055 120 101 19
Palisades Park 20,646 38 31 7
Palmyra 7,318 18 17 1
Paramus 26,903 106 83 23
Park Ridge 8,872 19 19 0
Parsippany-Troy Hills Township 53,790 116 93 23
Passaic 71,807 179 151 28
Paterson 146,588 593 401 192
Paulsboro 5,957 19 18 1
Peapack and Gladstone 2,598 8 7 1
Pemberton 1,381 6 6 0
Pemberton Township 27,801 59 51 8
Pennington 2,579 6 5 1
Pennsauken Township 35,429 80 75 5
Penns Grove 4,976 19 15 4
Pennsville Township 12,913 22 22 0
Pequannock Township 15,578 36 31 5
Perth Amboy 52,595 136 110 26
Phillipsburg 14,480 38 37 1
Pine Beach 2,174 8 7 1
Pine Hill 10,509 24 21 3
Pine Valley 12 6 6 0
Piscataway Township 59,622 103 84 19
Pitman 8,852 17 16 1
Plainfield 51,132 154 127 27
Plainsboro Township 23,497 44 36 8
Pleasantville 20,517 64 50 14
Plumsted Township 8,620 15 14 1
Pohatcong Township 3,240 12 11 1
Point Pleasant 18,728 43 33 10
Point Pleasant Beach 4,633 33 22 11
Pompton Lakes 11,164 22 18 4
Princeton 30,447 72 51 21
Prospect Park 5,937 17 16 1
Rahway 28,748 84 74 10
Ramsey 14,853 37 31 6
Randolph Township 26,033 42 36 6
Raritan 8,438 19 18 1
Raritan Township 22,030 36 33 3
Readington Township 16,019 28 23 5
Red Bank 12,504 47 40 7
Ridgefield 11,330 27 25 2
Ridgefield Park 13,037 39 32 7
Ridgewood 25,581 45 42 3
Ringwood 12,393 25 21 4
Riverdale 4,145 20 16 4
River Edge 11,615 26 23 3
Riverside Township 8,005 12 12 0
Riverton 2,753 5 5 0
River Vale Township 10,092 21 19 2
Robbinsville Township 14,203 37 28 9
Rochelle Park Township 5,834 22 19 3
Rockaway 6,494 14 13 1
Rockaway Township 24,509 62 52 10
Roseland 5,818 26 25 1
Roselle 21,621 69 56 13
Roselle Park 13,639 41 34 7
Roxbury Township 23,571 45 42 3
Rumson 6,945 20 16 4
Runnemede 8,340 17 16 1
Rutherford 18,523 43 40 3
Saddle Brook Township 14,037 35 31 4
Saddle River 3,220 22 17 5
Salem 4,933 16 14 2
Sayreville 45,840 98 87 11
Scotch Plains Township 24,179 50 45 5
Sea Bright 1,333 11 11 0
Sea Girt 1,810 11 11 0
Sea Isle City 2,075 28 22 6
Seaside Heights 2,920 37 26 11
Seaside Park 1,578 14 13 1
Secaucus 18,959 78 65 13
Ship Bottom 1,146 15 14 1
Shrewsbury 4,209 21 16 5
Somerdale 5,379 15 14 1
Somers Point 10,746 33 29 4
Somerville 12,162 33 31 2
South Amboy 8,886 28 23 5
South Bound Brook 4,590 13 12 1
South Brunswick Township 45,509 104 78 26
South Hackensack Township 2,485 18 15 3
South Harrison Township 3,235 5 5 0
South Orange 16,374 59 48 11
South Plainfield 24,053 65 51 14
South River 16,382 42 32 10
South Toms River 3,781 12 11 1
Sparta Township 19,235 42 29 13
Spotswood 8,479 24 20 4
Springfield 17,518 46 42 4
Springfield Township 3,381 10 9 1
Spring Lake 2,992 13 13 0
Spring Lake Heights 4,652 12 12 0
Stafford Township 26,864 73 51 22
Stanhope 3,467 10 9 1
Stone Harbor 839 19 17 2
Stratford 6,911 18 16 2
Summit 22,179 49 44 5
Surf City 1,219 10 10 0
Teaneck Township 40,704 113 95 18
Tenafly 14,865 39 34 5
Tewksbury Township 5,908 10 9 1
Tinton Falls 17,891 40 40 0
Toms River Township 91,220 189 158 31
Totowa 10,950 30 28 2
Trenton 83,662 315 239 76
Tuckerton 3,407 11 10 1
Union Beach 5,573 26 16 10
Union City 69,077 202 167 35
Union Township 58,005 185 134 51
Upper Saddle River 8,376 22 18 4
Ventnor City 10,584 50 39 11
Vernon Township 22,623 40 32 8
Verona 13,769 32 27 5
Vineland 61,265 156 130 26
Voorhees Township 28,890 56 50 6
Waldwick 9,997 24 19 5
Wallington 11,674 22 21 1
Wall Township 25,998 84 67 17
Wanaque 11,511 26 22 4
Warren Township 16,101 35 28 7
Washington Township, Bergen County 9,341 22 20 2
Washington Township, Gloucester County 47,588 82 75 7
Washington Township, Morris County 18,745 29 28 1
Washington Township, Warren County 6,442 28 27 1
Watchung 5,875 37 30 7
Waterford Township 10,736 21 20 1
Wayne Township 55,036 145 114 31
Weehawken Township 14,184 61 51 10
Wenonah 2,240 7 7 0
Westampton Township 8,724 27 24 3
West Amwell Township 2,789 7 7 0
West Caldwell Township 11,070 32 25 7
West Deptford Township 21,276 44 41 3
Westfield 30,967 65 57 8
West Long Branch 8,375 27 22 5
West Milford Township 26,678 50 43 7
West New York 53,207 115 104 11
West Orange 47,097 112 97 15
Westville 4,201 13 12 1
West Wildwood 573 7 7 0
West Windsor Township 28,700 59 47 12
Westwood 11,186 28 25 3
Wharton 6,630 21 20 1
Wildwood 5,151 49 39 10
Wildwood Crest 3,180 24 17 7
Willingboro Township 31,853 69 60 9
Winfield Township 1,506 8 8 0
Winslow Township 38,678 80 73 7
Woodbridge Township 100,950 255 193 62
Woodbury 9,961 30 28 2
Woodbury Heights 2,992 8 7 1
Woodcliff Lake 5,895 19 18 1
Woodland Park 12,518 28 25 3
Woodlynne 2,924 5 5 0
Wood-Ridge 8,657 27 23 4
Woodstown 3,443 10 8 2
Woolwich Township 12,158 20 19 1
Wyckoff Township 17,096 23 23 0

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